5 Responses

1. LEAP & Books
   North West Consortium. ‘Assessment & Evaluation in Training. Vol 6’.
   Parthenon Publishing
   Parker, T C. ‘Statistical Methods for Measuring Training Results’ in Craig, R
   L (ed) ‘Training and Development Handbook’. McGraw-Hill, 1976
   Philips, Jack J. ‘Training Evaluation and Measurement Methods, 2nd edition.
   Gulf/Kogan Page, 1991
   Pickles, Tim. ‘Toolkit for Trainers: A compendium of techniques for trainers
   and group workers’. Pavilion Publishing/Gower, 1995
   Rae, Leslie. ‘Assessing Trainer Effectiveness’. Gower, 1991
   Rae, Leslie. ‘How to Measure Training Effectiveness, 3rd edition’. Gower,
   1997.
   Rae, Leslie. ‘Using Evaluation in Training and Development’. Kogan-Page, 1999.
   Reay, David G ‘Selecting Training Methods, Implementing Training and
   Evaluating Training’. Kogan Page, 1994
   Robinson, K R. ‘A Handbook of Training Management’ (contains a substantial
   chapter on the measurement and follow-up of the results of the training
   process). Kogan Page, 1981
   Scriven, N. ‘Evaluation Perspectives and Procedures’ in Popham, W J
   ‘Evaluation in Education’. McCuthlan Corporation, 1974
   Simmonds, David. ‘The Evaluation Toolkit’. Fenman
   Wade, Pamela. ‘Measuring the Impact of Training’. Chang/Kogan Page, 1995
   Warr, P B, Bird, M and Rackham, N. ‘The Evaluation of Management Training’.
   Gower, 1970
   Westgaard, Odin. ‘Tests that work’. Jossey-Bass Pfeiffer. 1999
   Whitelaw, Matt. ‘The Evaluation of Management Training: A review’. IPM, 1972

2. Books
   A comprehensive set of books that was recently published in the UKHRD forum:

   Bartram, Sharon and Gibson, Brenda. ‘Evaluating Training’. Gower, 1999
   Bee, Frances and Roland.’ Training Needs Analysis and Evaluation ‘. IPM,1994
   Bramley, Peter.’ Evaluating Training Effectiveness, 2nd edition’.
   McGraw-Hill, 1996.
   Easterby-Smith, Mark. ‘Evaluating Management Development, Education and
   Training, 2nd edition’. Gower, 1994.
   Hamblin, A C. ‘The Evaluation and Control of Training’. McGraw-Hill, 1974
   Jackson Terence. ‘Evaluation; Relating Training to business performance’.
   Kogan Page. 1989.
   Kirkpatrick, Donald L.’ Evaluating Training Programs: The Four Levels’.
   Berrett-Koehler, 1996.
   Kirkpatrick, Donald L. ‘Evaluation of Training’ in Craig, R L (ed) ‘Training
   and Development Handbook’. McGraw-Hill, 1994
   Carol McCallum. ‘How to Design and Introduce Appraisal Training’. Kogan Page
   Mager, R F. Measuring Intructional Results (2nd edition). Kogan Page, 1990
   Newby, Tony. ‘Training Evaluation Handbook’. Gower, 1992
   Newby, Tony. ‘Validating your Training’. Kogan-Page, 1992

3. LEAP and Web Site
   If you send me an e mail address I will gladly send you an article which outlines a system called LEAP (LEarning & Aplication) which is a thorough evaluation system.

   Here’s a great web site that looks at the process of conducting end of
   course reviews. Worth a visit.

   http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~rogg/evaluate/methods1.htm

   Garry Platt
   [email protected]

   On the two messages message below are a list of books on evaluation.

4. Evaluating Training
   It looks as if Gary Platt has pointed you in the direction of a wealth of information on the subject. I’m sure that most, if not all, of these will suggest that effective evaluation is only possible when measurable outcomes are established at the outset. This is not always as easy as it sounds, especially for ‘behavioural’ training, but it can, when done properly, be highly motivational for trainer and trainee. Do contact me if you’d like to explore this. Best wishes, Ray Jackson

5. Training evaluation
   Teresa, if you e-mail me I will reply with an attachment of my brilliant training evaluation toolkit.

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